# An AutoSend alternative with a free plan and a spend limit.

URL: https://samva.dev/compare/autosend

Samva is free for 500 emails a month, stops extra email at a spend limit you set, and keeps templates as versioned TSX in your Git repository. AutoSend has no free plan and states no cap on overage.

Prices checked September 29, 2026

## Who should switch, and who should stay.

Switch if

- You want to start free. AutoSend's pricing page, read on September 29, 2026, lists no free plan; its Hobby plan is $1 for 3,000 transactional emails without webhooks. Samva is free for 500 emails a month.
- You want a hard limit on extra email. As its pricing page read on September 29, 2026, AutoSend charges a per-email fee past your quota and states no cap; it sends an email alert at 90% of quota. Samva stops extra email at the spend limit you set.
- You want templates as versioned TSX in Git, previewed and published from your repository.

Stay on AutoSend if

- You need marketing automations. AutoSend's marketing plans include them; Samva has campaigns, not automations.
- You need an SMTP relay. AutoSend documents one; Samva has no SMTP relay.

## What a month costs on each.

| Provider | 10k/mo | 50k/mo | 100k/mo | 500k/mo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samva | $5 (Starter) | $19 (Growth) | $44 (Growth plus 50,000 extra at $0.50 per 1,000) | $199\* (Scale plus 200,000 extra at $0.50 per 1,000) |
| [AutoSend](https://autosend.com/pricing) | $10 (Starter, 10,000 emails) | $30 (Growth, 50,000 emails) | $80 (Growth, 100,000 emails) | $390† (Scale, 400,000 emails plus 100,000 at $0.0010) |

\* Needs the spend limit raised from its $50 default.

† Derived from the provider's published overage rate, not a listed plan.

AutoSend: Transactional plans.

The table uses AutoSend's transactional plans and overage rates listed on September 29, 2026. The 500,000-email figure is calculated from the $290 Scale plan for 400,000 emails plus 100,000 extra emails at $0.0010 each, for $390. The listed 600,000-email Scale plan is $420. Marketing-plus-transactional plans are not included.

## What each one ships.

## Send and receive

How you send, build templates, receive replies, and run campaigns.

| Capability | Samva | AutoSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Send API | Typed REST API with an OpenAPI spec | REST, POST /v1/mails/send, and an SMTP relay |
| Templates | Versioned, Git-backed TSX templates with rollback and publish history | Templates with a no-code email builder, 50 on Hobby and unlimited above it |
| Inbound email | Replies thread to the email they answer, delivered as a signed message.received webhook | An Inbound Email API with an email.received webhook, read and reply endpoints; replies set In-Reply-To and References |
| Campaigns and automations | Campaigns from the same API and plan; no automations | Campaigns, and automations on the marketing plus transactional plans from Starter up |

## Delivery and visibility

How you follow delivery and engagement.

| Capability | Samva | AutoSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Webhooks | Signed Standard Webhooks events, with backoff and up to 8 automatic delivery attempts | HMAC-SHA256 signature in X-Webhook-Signature, 4 delivery attempts; not available on Hobby |
| Opens and clicks | Samva's own open pixel and tracked links, signed message.opened and message.clicked webhooks, and a timeline in the dashboard and API | email.opened and email.clicked webhook events |

## Integration tools

The SDKs, agent tools, and import paths you can build with.

| Capability | Samva | AutoSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK with async/await and Effect-native interfaces | A Node.js SDK, autosendjs, with TypeScript support |
| Agent tooling | A hosted MCP server and a CLI | An MCP server on Hobby and above, and an installable agent skill |
| Moving in | Recreate templates and keep your old suppression list in your app | A migration API for Resend templates, contacts, and unsubscribes, and a SendGrid guide |

## Volume and billing

What you can send for free and what happens past the plan.

| Capability | Samva | AutoSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | 500 emails a month, up to 100 a day | No free plan; Hobby starts at $1 for 3,000 transactional emails |
| Past the allowance | Metered at $0.50 per 1,000 on paid plans, up to a spend limit you set | A per-email fee of $0.0020 on Hobby and Starter, $0.0015 on Growth, and $0.0010 on Scale; no cap stated |
| Transactional and marketing | Campaigns are priced on sends from the same plan | Separate transactional-only and marketing plus transactional plans at each volume |

## Moving from AutoSend.

Add your domain and publish the DKIM and SPF records Samva generates next to the old provider's. Both can send while you switch.

Swap the send call.

## AutoSend Node SDK or REST

```ts
import { Autosend } from "autosendjs";

const autosend = new Autosend(process.env.AUTOSEND_API_KEY);

await autosend.emails.send({
  from: { email: "hello@yourdomain.com" },
  to: { email: "ada@example.com" },
  subject: "Your receipt",
  html: "<p>Thanks for your order.</p>",
});

```

## Samva

```ts
await samva.messages.send({
  from: { email: "orders@example.com" },
  to: [{ email: "ada@example.com" }],
  channel: "email",
  email: {
    subject: "Your receipt",
    html: "<p>Thanks for your order.</p>",
  },
});
```

Map webhooks. Samva sends signed events for sent, delivered, bounced, complained, failed, and received, with received going to the endpoint your domain's receiving route names. Opens and clicks arrive as message.opened and message.clicked, and unsubscribes as contact.unsubscribed.

| AutoSend event | Samva event |
| --- | --- |
| `email.sent` | `message.sent` |
| `email.delivered` | `message.delivered` |
| `email.bounced` | `message.bounced` |
| `email.spam_reported` | `message.complained` |
| `email.received` | `message.received` |
| `email.opened` | `message.opened` |
| `email.clicked` | `message.clicked` |
| `email.unsubscribed` | `contact.unsubscribed` |

Recreate templates as versioned templates, or send your existing HTML inline while you move.

Keep the old provider's suppression list in your app and filter against it. Samva cannot import it.

Turn on receiving if you want replies back.

What does not move: templates, the suppression list, and message history.

## Questions before you switch.

### Does AutoSend have a free plan?

No. AutoSend's pricing page says it has no free plan and that its Hobby plan begins at $1, described as a small fee against abuse. Hobby is 3,000 transactional emails with no webhooks. Samva is free for 500 emails a month, up to 100 a day. Checked Sep 29, 2026.

### What happens when I pass my AutoSend quota?

AutoSend charges a per-1,000 fee for additional emails and emails you when you reach 90% of your quota. Its pricing page states no cap on that fee. On Samva, extra email is $0.50 per 1,000 and stops at the spend limit you set. Checked Sep 29, 2026.

### Does Samva have AutoSend's automations or SMTP?

No. Samva has campaigns, and no automations and no SMTP relay. AutoSend's docs list automations and an SMTP relay, so stay if your workflow depends on either. Checked Sep 29, 2026.

### Is AutoSend billed on contacts?

No. AutoSend's pricing page says it charges for emails sent, not contacts saved, and Samva bills on emails as well, so this is not a reason to switch. Checked Sep 29, 2026.

## Related Resources

- [Pricing](https://samva.dev/pricing): Start on 500 emails free, then pay for the volume you send.
- [Campaigns](https://samva.dev/features/campaigns): Send a campaign from the same API and plan as your product email.
- [Inbound email](https://samva.dev/features/inbound-email): Receive replies and keep them with the email they answer.
- [Samva vs Resend](https://samva.dev/compare/resend): Compare pricing, templates, and inbound mail with Resend.

## Send your first email free.

500 emails a month, no card. When you outgrow it, the bill stays predictable.

[Start sending free](https://samva.dev/signup) or [Talk to the founder](https://samva.dev/contact).

## Sources, verified September 29, 2026

- [AutoSend pricing](https://autosend.com/pricing)
- [AutoSend documentation](https://docs.autosend.com/)
- [AutoSend SMTP relay](https://docs.autosend.com/quickstart/smtp)
- [AutoSend email automations](https://docs.autosend.com/automations)
- [AutoSend webhook event types](https://docs.autosend.com/others/webhooks/event-type)
- [AutoSend webhook signature verification](https://docs.autosend.com/others/webhooks/verify-requests)
- [AutoSend webhook retries](https://docs.autosend.com/others/webhooks/retries)
- [AutoSend Inbound Email API](https://docs.autosend.com/inbound/introduction)
- [AutoSend Node.js SDK](https://docs.autosend.com/sdk/nodejs)
- [AutoSend Resend migration](https://docs.autosend.com/migration/resend)